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James Burbadge fhoulde performe the fame win the time lym- 
itted by the faide fndentures as in the faide aunfweare is alfo 
furmifed ffor this Complaynante faieth and can well and fuff- 
cientlie prove and make manifefte afwell by diuers good worke- 
men and other perfonnes that the faide James Burbadge before 
the tenderinge of the faide feconde leas to the faide defend' did 
beftowe and difburfe for the betteringe of the faide houfes and 
buildinges aboue the fomme of Two hundred powndes And 
therfore he the faide defend‘® had noe iufte caufe to refufe to 
feale the faide leas as by his faide aunfwer he pretendeth And 
touchinge the newe agreem® between the defend‘ and the faide 
James Burbadge in the faide aunfweare {pecified he this Complay- 
nante therevnto fayeth That true it is that the faid James Burbage 
was verie willinge to haue a newe leas for one & twentie yeares 
of the premiffes from the faid Deft vnder fuch rent, & accordinge 
to fuch reafonable Covenauntes as in the former leas were con- 
teyned, And that therevppon fpeeches & commvnicacion were 
often had & paffed betweene the Deft. and the fayd James towch- 
inge the fame, but this Compl* fayeth that the fayde Deft accord- 
inge to his owne will and direction did caufe a draughte of a 
leas to be drawen wherin were inferted many vnreafonable Cove- 
nantes and agreem*‘®* on the parte of the faide James to be per- 
formed, And likewife the faid Defend* required fuche fecuritie of 
the faide James Burbadge for the performaunce thereof, as that 
the faid James vtterlie refufed to proceade any further wt the 
faid Defend in the faid bargaine And the faid James Burbage 
w''in fhorte tyme after died. Without that that the faid James 
Burbadge was willinge to paie the faid defendt Tenne poundes 
yerelie rent more then formerlie he paid Or that it was agreed 
betwene the defend and the faid James that the faid Theater 
fhoulde Contynue for A playinge place for the {pace of ffyve yeres 
onelie after the firfte terme and no longer, Or that the fame after 
the faid ffyve yeres ended fhould be Converted by the faid James 
and this Complainant or one of them to fome other vie and be 
ymploied vppon the groundes demifed wherebie the benefitt and 
profhtt thereof after that terme ended fhould remayne and be vnto 
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